Assault from the Sea

Description

PAPERBACK EDITION

Essays on the History of Amphibious Warfare

This collection of 51 essays provides a history of amphibious landings that include European, Asian, and American operations. It describes in detail some of history’s most significant amphibious assaults, as well as planned attacks that were never carried out.

About the Author
Merrill L. Bartlett served as an officer in the Marine Corps for twenty years, with final assignment at the U.S. Naval Academy, where he earned three awards for excellence in teaching history. He is the author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor of seven books on naval history, and he has published more than a hundred essays, encyclopedia entries, forewords to books, and book reviews. He lives on Vashon Island, WA.